Intel Slava

🇺🇸🇺🇦The US has told Kiev that it must accept their "platinum" offer of security guarantees as part of the conflict settlement, otherwise Ukraine risks being left without them at all — the Telegraph newspaper, citing the Americans.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The press center of the Western Military District stated that Kupyansk is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

🇨🇳🇯🇵China will withdraw all pandas from Japan amid worsening relations for the first time since 1973, according to Kyodo News. All pandas belong to China and are leased to other countries as a symbol of friendship. The withdrawal of the animals signifies a serious political conflict. Pandas will only be available to see in Japanese zoos until the end of January - due to the rush, tickets are already being sold through a lottery.

🇺🇦Zelenksy: I'm ready for the elections. If we get to certain sensitive issues and if we decide that elections are necessary. If there's a ceasefire — there will be elections. We will need 60–90 days of ceasefire to hold elections in Ukraine.

🇬🇧🇷🇺"The sons and daughters" of the United Kingdom should be ready to fight against Russia, said the UK's Air Chief Marshal, the Chief of the Defence Staff of the country's armed forces, Richard Nayton, according to SkyNews. According to him, there is a risk of a Russian attack on the UK, and it is necessary to inform the country's civilian population, "families and households" about how to prepare for "a whole range of real physical threats".

🇧🇷In Brazil, a copy of the American Statue of Liberty collapsed.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦Trump confirmed that the negotiation process is moving forward, but complained that the parties to the Ukrainian settlement are changing their positions during the negotiations.

🇪🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️The EU countries and the USA have agreed to provide Ukraine with security guarantees similar to Article 5 of NATO, claims German Chancellor Merz.

🇩🇪🇺🇦🇷🇺The German Chancellor stated that he would appeal to Russia with a request for a possible Christmas truce. Given the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the frontline, this sounds like a mockery.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Russia and Ukraine have resolved 90% of the issues regarding the peace plan - Reuters

🇺🇸🇺🇦Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton stated that Ukraine needs to lower the conscription age from 25 to 18 years in order to compensate for the shortage of personnel in the context of the ongoing war.

🇫🇷The employees of the Louvre have started an indefinite strike, complaining about poor working conditions and a shortage of staff.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The US is insisting on the complete withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Donbass in the negotiations with Ukraine, reports AFP.

🇰🇭🇹🇭Cambodia has accused Thailand of using chemical weapons at the border.

🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺For the first time, the European Union has imposed sanctions against a US citizen - former Florida sheriff's assistant John Mark Dugan, who holds dual American-Russian citizenship, for publicly supporting Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Russian air defense systems shot down 545 (!!!) Ukrainian long-range kamikaze drones of the aircraft type in a single day, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian army liberated the populated area of Peschanoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

🇺🇦Kiev is ready to hold elections within 100 days and to renounce joining NATO, - Bild

🇪🇺🇷🇺🇺🇦Another historical lesson from the head of European diplomacy, Kai Kallas, on security guarantees: "We need to look at things soberly. We have one aggressor and one victim. Over the past 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some of them three or four times. None of these countries have ever attacked Russia. Therefore, Russia does not need any security guarantees," she added irritably.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺The key point on which Zelensky is refusing the US is the withdrawal of troops from Donbass, Bild confirms. Ukraine proposes that Russia also withdraw its troops.